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Frosh Election Runoffs To Be Held Today
Disqualification Threat Endangers Candidates
Southern
California
FACULTY
Demo Sweep Predicted by 2 Professors
go to the polls again today to elect a pres-:e president in a runoff election, after two ended with 388 votes cast and no one re-irity for the top frosh offices, erett and Bill Ralstcn are matched in the
~ | iunoff for the president's ofiice. Hyla Holmes and Sally Sutter are running for the vice presi-
DAILY
TROJAN
VOL. L
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958
NO. 29
the post of ?presentative
59-8 vote
Yankees', Senators Clash
candidate won the lent representative Medina Serfatv of
’zueia won
HSt f(
were void. All 11 were
tor Serialv
Short of Majority
In the fi
Ra
Evi
n presidential received 97 the required
In Music Opener Tonight
irt
re-
El
dory
ms Commissioner Juani-ta Sakajian said that although - more foreign and graduate stu-I, dents voted than ever before, c tlie small freshman turnout was t disappointingly short of the an-i ticipatcd 700 voters, i “Spirit was very poor,” she
t said. "I am disappointed that s more freshmen don’t take an interest in their university.” r In the vice piesidents spot.
Holmes was selected on 117 s. while Miss Suiter re-
dread is the vative
ight-to-Work k e r s came out a IV s care 1
it-to-vvork meas-ly's slate ballot g stressed, each casons. Caldwell machii done i as to ballots “At
ruption in labor. candid ri'squa
abor a crippling Tho
at Proposition 18 submil lions i
suckcr act ever Board cn the
the audience to use the measure senato Activil son. tl‘
f»oi tunitv to em- has v ii
Void Ballots
"There were quite a few void »allots. Miss Sakaj'an said, not-ng that these were all disquali- j led. She urged caution in to-runoff election, urging j iat proper pencils be used j lie tabulation by the IBM es. and that balloting be I
•ast one of the ru'ioff ?s,” she said, “may be ied after the election. ’ ■etion commission will everal reports of infrac-the election rules to 3 Protest, which will ride ffenses. Made up of five
New
IKe's
ties Adviser Dudley John-le board has the author;ty qualify any candidate wi;o olated the rules as set uo to sue il discharged by tiie ASSC constitution and ,r jobs and to generally bvlaws.
»utile for their emplov- Qne main infraction in the election. Miss Sakajian said, was 11, a former member of ^¡ie beginning of active cam-ornia State Dcmocra.ic panning before last Thursday, was optimistic about a v hich was the designated date, lie victory throughout ^he other major factor which m. with the exception may cause disqualification was i < >rk stale. possibility that fines levied
Appeal Not Enough the board for infractions may
lower cannot lea\e the add up to a figure over the •se three weeks before budget alloted to each candidate oit and expect his per- for campaigning. This would be polarity to sweep Re- a basis for disqualification, she candidates into office.” sajrf
Vice nresidential candidates 11 ridiculed the Repub- }iaVp « $15 limit. All others are r their stumble-hum limited to S30.
but said these tactics ----------------------------------
; to leave the Republi-
lor sad days” in caii- Dinner Occasion
a professor of business |s Indian Festival
■ation here, was pres- , the Republican State Reservations for the “Deepa-on in 1933 and is co- vali Dinner." sponsored by the of the Southern Cali- Indian Students Association on onimittee For “No” on Nov. 9. will be taken until Mon- ' on 18. | day.
I y praising prominent The dinner will cost 551.50 for in candidates, he told guests and $1.25 for members. It lienee that Governor I will take place on the evening: Knight is currently of India's festival, "Deepavali." ^iiead of Democrat Clair in the University Methodist the race Church Hall.__________________
Presidents Message
Catholics Hail New Leader
The reign of Pope John XXIII began Tuesday with an outburst ol bedlam from 250,000 people in St. Peter's Square.
None greeted his election more enthusiastically than Father Joseph E. Weyer, director of the SC Newman Club.
“He will undoubtedly exert an influence on the Catholic world bordering upon that ol Pius XII,” said Father Weyer.
Cheers of “viga il Papa” (long live the Pope) aimost drowned out. the announcement of the new Pope at the Vatican Tuesday.
Tradition Continues
The election of Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Rongalli continued a 435-year tradition of Italian Popes. There had been speculation that the honor might go to Russian-born Gregory Peter V, Cardinal Agaganian of the Armenians.
Pope John XXIII. elderly Venetian patriarch, is a former soldier. teacher, diplomat and shepherd.
In World War I he served as sergeant and chaplain in the Italian Army.
Established School
He taught church tristory and apologetics at his birth-place, Bergamo, and established the School of Religion at Bergamo Teachers College.
Cardinal Rongalli served in Vatican diplomatic posts for 27 years. During World War II he was Apostollic Nuncio in France. His services carried into most of the European countries.
As Archbishop of Venice, Cardinal Rongalli wrote a letter to his people during the threat of Communism in 1956. warning them against leftist ideas.
He reached the position of Archbishop three days after being given the Red Hat of Card-' inal by the late Pope Pius XII on Jan. 12, 1953.
Honors Father
Cardinal Rongalli took the name John XXIII in honor of j his Father. Giovanni (John), a J farmer and sharecropper. The last recognized Pope John was John XXII, a Frenchman, who reigned from 1316-1334.
A Pope John XXIII in the 15th century is held by the | church to have been a “false” or ; anti-pope, and is not listed in official church records.
Faust Legend Forms
Basis for SC Show
Bovard spotlights will throw color on the mad action of a baseball-centered world as "Damn Yankees” opens tonight at 8 in the SC auditorium.
The modern musical show is based on the old Faust legend. The drama department production, directed by John C. Blankenchip. will be
Joe Colleges Described as Conformists
FINAL CUES — "This is it, gang," says "Damn Yankees" Director John Blankenchip to members of production staff before
Daily Troian Photo by Sain Hyun tonight's opening. Listening in are, from left, Sherry Inlors, Joan Tewkesbury, Hans Beer and Roy Williams.
presented tonight, tomorrow and Thursday. Friday, Saturday next
week.
Hans Brer is musical director of the play, and Joan Tewkesbury is choreographer. Kathy Franichevich is stage manager.
Cast Listed
Principals in the cast are Bucklev Norris, Applegate: Kitty Farren, Lola: Bruce Gard- The average college student of
ner. Young Joe; Ellen Elliot, today has run into a real proh-Gloria: Richard Lang Jr.. Old ! lem—he can't make tip his own Joe; Sharon Bliss, Meg; Jim ; niind.
Brewer. Van Buren; Barbara Furthermore, whenever he is Grover. Sister: Nina Shaw. Dor- forced to submit to change, the is; and Charles Potke who does student is too timid to act in— a specialty mambo. dependently and must seek the
“Damn Yankees” was written shelter group conformity in by George Abbott and Douglass reaching a decision.
Wallop. Music and lyrics are by contingent of Associated
Richard Adler and Jerrv Ross. Woman's Students were told yes-The plav is based on Wallop's terda> in Founders Hall by Doc-novel. “The Year the Yankees tors Lesley Robb and Newton Lost the Pennant.” It was first ^etfessel ’he t student
Engle III, Rosenthal Blasts Knight On Campaign Tactics in Speech
Democratic State Chairman William Rosenthal, substituting | for a laryngitic Clair Engle, charged Republican senatorial i candidate Goodwin J. Knight with a “degrading and outrageous campaign smear.” before 200 SC students, yesterday.
After appologizing for Democratic candidate Engle’s absence (he had lost his voice) Rosenthal said that he had never seen such outrageous smears at those | originating from the Knowland and Knight headquarters.
“His campaign is unAmeri-can,” he charged, “and it cheapens the political life of the state besides defeating the basic prin-| ciples of democracy.”
Rosenthal, self-ad m i 11 e d 1 y J speaking in Engle's words, said that Knight had never prepared a bill, introduced a bill or vot-i ed upon a bill.
‘‘The Governor of California can only boost that he has cut ! more ribbons of more supermarkets than any Governor of
California has in the past,” he ! said.
“It is true,” he said, “that as ; lieutenant governor. Knight was successful but I understand that all a lieutenant governor has to do is inquire about the gover-i nor’s health to be successful.” “And I must warn you that Gov. Knight has never taken a ; stand which he hasn’t changed in 35 minutes,” he emphasized.
Rosenthal charged Knight as a candidate with “a spine full of ' jelly” and said that the governor 1 runs from a fight.
“Knight’s stand on the Formosa incident (particularly the islands of Quemoy and Natsu) is taken from what he reads in i the papers,” he charged.
“Knight reads if Nixon ok's the foreign crisis and if he does, ; Knight is for the foreign crisis. I j But if Nixon is against it, so is Knight.”
He then began to criticize the i Eisenhower administration and I Knight's policy toward this. “I !
feel that the President lias been overly partisan in this campaign,” he said.
“He often reads speeches which he seemingly got from Nixon or picked up out of the gutter,” he said.
He questioned the President's biased opinions and then said that “Nixon must be the true leader of the Republican party, although I still believe Ike is alive.”
He then gave Engle’s qualifications and political stands.
“Engle,” he said, “is a great leader. He knows the Senate and the senators know him and his honesty, integrity and personal background are unquestionable.”
“When Engle makes a mistake he says, “I made a mistake but it won’t happen again.” he said.
And Rosenthal said that a? a matter of record it never does. !
presented at the Forty-Sixth j Street Theater, New York City, May 5, 1955.
Plot Outline The story concerns a die-hard, aging Washington Senators fan. Joe Boyd, who would give his soul for a pennant. Always the opportunist, the devil, Applegate. gives him his chance. Joe Boyd is transformed into vigorous young athlete Joe Hardy, and goes off to the baseball wars, leaving his wife Meg behind to suffer the consoling
attitude—conformity and casualness — is the unfortunate character of today’s student.
‘Age of Anxiety*
Dr. Metfessel. associate professor in education, said that the j 20th century has been dubbed j the “Age of Anxiety” because of the changes that have been taking place in society.
“The college student,” he said, “should think of the conflicts that arise from having to make a change as valuable.”
Doctor Metfessel said that the
friendship of Sister and Doris vocation a woman chooses is
Miller.
Howeve r. real-estate man Hardy instinctively calls for an escape clause. Applegate unthinkingly grants it. and this is
crucial; however, she should not dodge the decision by saying that she will get married. Self-Confident Doctor Robb, department
where his troubles begin. Apple- chairman of religion, profiled the
gate calls in his number one co^cSe student as a selt-confi-
seductress. Lola, to work on Joe dent perSOn feels he Can iind hiS
and matters reallv pick up. OVV? dest,n-v H<; 15 sure he
,, ,. make a go of it. though he
Music Popular , ,
AI . f „ doesn t feel that having friends
Music from Damn \ankees wjjj ^ t
became very popular after the i
“This is fine." he said.” for
original production. Two of the numbers that the audience will be singing are “Heart” and “Whatever Lola Wants.”
Production manager Bill White said, ’’Ticket sales are very
THE W HITE It OISE * A tHIN'GTON'
Dr. Swearingen Discusses Education Versus Propaganda on Soviet Union
students to promote their own
welfare. “However, students do
not want to give their lives to
great causes. They just want a
cottage with two cars in the
, garage. This is not the way to
gratifying. The reservation plan socia] progress Doctor Ro5b
has gone very well.” Good seats sa
are still available for all per-
formances, but those who buv
Referring to Philip Jacobs
October 27, 1958
Dr>r
■s £Ot. off to a flying start by en te me by the students of tern California.
I am only sorry I did not have an opportunity to thank you in person for the courtesies accorded me.
UiLh
is ,
Dr. NcrnanH. lopping President
Umversity of Southern California
Lot Angel«* a 7, California
STA1ES KfcGRtTS Piesi.lent Eisenhower's letter came to Di Nwriuaii 11>p|jii'iij io cr«.pfid.jicis fen inability to personally tii3nk SC lor the reception given him last week when his helicopter set down in Exposition parking lot. President spoke in Los Angeles on behalf of Republican cand'detes in the upcoming November general elections.
(Editor’s Note—Dr. Rodger Swearingen, professor of international relations, here discusses the role of the university in the search for objectivity in response to the charges from the audience that the School of International Relations’ pictorial report on Russia Tuesday did not give a fair picture of life in Russia.)
By I)r. Rodger Swearingen Professor of International One of the cherished virtues of the free, private university is the opportunity to free expression and the right to challenge the opinions expressed by any speaker.
This we welcome when it is done politely and unemotionally—with the pursuit of truth as the primary consideration. Emotional outburst and charges of brainwashing do not fit well into the academic setting.
Nor ahould we. perhaps, let. go unanswered two serious implications: < 1 > the implied charge
that this university is not pri-marily devoted to a search lor j truth; (2) the most uncalled- j fur accusation that our guest, j graduate student from Sweden had made himself part of a deliberate plot to distort the truth, and had. with the other members of the panel, presented a t
false picture of life behind the | iron curtain.
Such outburst and charges are all the more disturbing coming | as they did at the School of In-| ternational Relations’ pictorial : presentation on the Soviet Union from two individuals who them-; selves were guests on the campus and neither of whom had apoarently ever been in Russia.
How they alone managed to acquire the true and balanced 1 picture of life in the Soviet Union while four panel members of widely differing educational backgrounds — all of them recently in the Soviet Union—remain misled and misinformed is l not quite clear.
What is the difference between education and propaganda? What are the criteria for objectivity? In answer to the last question. I would suggest:
1. An open mind, not uncrit-icallv committed lo a special ideological position nor under the remote-control guidance of some special interest group or political organization.
2. A sound educational back- j ground assuring the appropriate tool of analysis, including disciplinary training (political science. economics, law, medicine, ctc.) and foreign Imguage proficiency.
4- Whenever possible, person-j
al, practical, on-the-spot inves-i tigation of the matter as opposed to the theoretical assumptions or abstractions of the i question.
5. Finally, an unemotional, careful, logical approach to the subject or problem under study.
All of us would do vvell to reflect on these points in our pursuit of truth in this difficult age of charges and countercharges.
Our "Personal Report nn Russia" was not intended to be— and could not have been—a complete picture of the Soviet Union loday. It was, in fact, relatively non-political and, I would guess, if anything showed a more attractive image of life in the USSR than is actually the case.
The total picture of that totalitarian society, to be accurately and objectively portrayed. would demand consideration of such critical elements as:
1. The Soviet ruthless suppression of the Hungarian uprising as reported objectively j and in detail in the U.N. report; |
2. The ever present role of j the Soviet Secret Police;
3. The implications in terms j
of one’s choice of career and | p1ace of work and even residence of the totally planned society; I
4. The over-crowded slum housing conditions and lack of basic concepts of sanitation and hygiene;
5. Khruschev’s recent revelations on terror under the Stalinist regime, which caused the New York Times to comment that the Soviets are now saying what the Times had been reporting all along;
6. The Soviet government's systematic attempt to prevent the Soviet citizen from seeing how the rest of the world lives;
7. The Soviet government’s : refusal to let the average Soviet I citizen, student, etc., have access to any of the Western newspapers and periodicals— | none of which, except for the Dailv Worker, can be purchased in Russia.
8. The one-way flow of refu- , gees for ten years out from behind the Iron Curtain, so many of them with unbelievable stories to tell.
These things we did not say in order not to give undue political coloring to dailv life in \ the Soviet Union. In this sense, ! the "Personal Report on Russia” perhaps did give a distorted view of life in the Sov iet | Union—a view w hich appeared • somewhat brighter and more 1 attractive than life itself tic-hind the Iron Curtain. I
...... t ., , .... .“Changing Values in our Col-
their tickets at the door will be , a sfudv of thp vaJues fhat
seated ,n unreserved sections. co„e„e students bclieve in 1>)C.
ie sai . jor R0b5 saifj ^at students are
Dnectoi Blankenchip came to j cultural rubber stamp. Having SC four years ago from a teach- little concern with what is going position at Sarah Lawrence jncr on around them, college stu-College in Bronxville, N.Y. He dents will accept their father .1 was set designer for several political beliefs without ques-Broadway shows, and was tech- tion.
nical and scenery designer at Religion Value
the La Jolla summer theater On religion. Doctor Robb said (Continued on Page 2) that the college student thinks ————^ it is good, but not for living. Yet.
* * m student is afraid to reject
■ religion completely for fear it
! might turn out to be right.
About morality: “The college . student believes in morality, but he wants elbow room. Some students do not have any compunction about cheating. Our academic structure will be in danger unless we have integrity.” Doctor Robb said.
Doctors Metfessel and Robb joined in saying that being an individual is the most important thing for students. This does not mean that they should become “Bohemians,” but only that they should be individual in their thinking and in their ability to face and solve problems.
Notice
The University of Southern California has always recognized the significance of religion in our campus life.
This year Canon Bryan Green from England, a widely recognized lecturer on campuses around the world, has been invited to spend the week of November 3-9 on our campus. He will deliver afternoon lectures .Monday through Thursday on “.Marriage and Modern Life,” and evening lectures on “Basic Christianity” on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
On Tuesday, November 4, at 10:00 a.m.. Canon Green will speak at an assembly in Bovard Auditorium on “Religion in the Modem Mind.” All campus classes will be dismissed for the 10 o'clock period in order that facility and students may attend.
A S. K.-tuhenheimer Educational Vice President
Sousa Appointed Seahorse Editor
Richard G. Sousa, a senior midshipman in SC’s NROTC, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the midshipman yearbook, the Seahorse.
Suusa will also head the SC midshipman newspaper, the Sea Chart which prints two issues during the semester.

Frosh Election Runoffs To Be Held Today
Disqualification Threat Endangers Candidates
Southern
California
FACULTY
Demo Sweep Predicted by 2 Professors
go to the polls again today to elect a pres-:e president in a runoff election, after two ended with 388 votes cast and no one re-irity for the top frosh offices, erett and Bill Ralstcn are matched in the
~ | iunoff for the president's ofiice. Hyla Holmes and Sally Sutter are running for the vice presi-
DAILY
TROJAN
VOL. L
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958
NO. 29
the post of ?presentative
59-8 vote
Yankees', Senators Clash
candidate won the lent representative Medina Serfatv of
’zueia won
HSt f(
were void. All 11 were
tor Serialv
Short of Majority
In the fi
Ra
Evi
n presidential received 97 the required
In Music Opener Tonight
irt
re-
El
dory
ms Commissioner Juani-ta Sakajian said that although - more foreign and graduate stu-I, dents voted than ever before, c tlie small freshman turnout was t disappointingly short of the an-i ticipatcd 700 voters, i “Spirit was very poor,” she
t said. "I am disappointed that s more freshmen don’t take an interest in their university.” r In the vice piesidents spot.
Holmes was selected on 117 s. while Miss Suiter re-
dread is the vative
ight-to-Work k e r s came out a IV s care 1
it-to-vvork meas-ly's slate ballot g stressed, each casons. Caldwell machii done i as to ballots “At
ruption in labor. candid ri'squa
abor a crippling Tho
at Proposition 18 submil lions i
suckcr act ever Board cn the
the audience to use the measure senato Activil son. tl‘
f»oi tunitv to em- has v ii
Void Ballots
"There were quite a few void »allots. Miss Sakaj'an said, not-ng that these were all disquali- j led. She urged caution in to-runoff election, urging j iat proper pencils be used j lie tabulation by the IBM es. and that balloting be I
•ast one of the ru'ioff ?s,” she said, “may be ied after the election. ’ ■etion commission will everal reports of infrac-the election rules to 3 Protest, which will ride ffenses. Made up of five
New
IKe's
ties Adviser Dudley John-le board has the author;ty qualify any candidate wi;o olated the rules as set uo to sue il discharged by tiie ASSC constitution and ,r jobs and to generally bvlaws.
»utile for their emplov- Qne main infraction in the election. Miss Sakajian said, was 11, a former member of ^¡ie beginning of active cam-ornia State Dcmocra.ic panning before last Thursday, was optimistic about a v hich was the designated date, lie victory throughout ^he other major factor which m. with the exception may cause disqualification was i < >rk stale. possibility that fines levied
Appeal Not Enough the board for infractions may
lower cannot lea\e the add up to a figure over the •se three weeks before budget alloted to each candidate oit and expect his per- for campaigning. This would be polarity to sweep Re- a basis for disqualification, she candidates into office.” sajrf
Vice nresidential candidates 11 ridiculed the Repub- }iaVp « $15 limit. All others are r their stumble-hum limited to S30.
but said these tactics ----------------------------------
; to leave the Republi-
lor sad days” in caii- Dinner Occasion
a professor of business |s Indian Festival
■ation here, was pres- , the Republican State Reservations for the “Deepa-on in 1933 and is co- vali Dinner." sponsored by the of the Southern Cali- Indian Students Association on onimittee For “No” on Nov. 9. will be taken until Mon- ' on 18. | day.
I y praising prominent The dinner will cost 551.50 for in candidates, he told guests and $1.25 for members. It lienee that Governor I will take place on the evening: Knight is currently of India's festival, "Deepavali." ^iiead of Democrat Clair in the University Methodist the race Church Hall.__________________
Presidents Message
Catholics Hail New Leader
The reign of Pope John XXIII began Tuesday with an outburst ol bedlam from 250,000 people in St. Peter's Square.
None greeted his election more enthusiastically than Father Joseph E. Weyer, director of the SC Newman Club.
“He will undoubtedly exert an influence on the Catholic world bordering upon that ol Pius XII,” said Father Weyer.
Cheers of “viga il Papa” (long live the Pope) aimost drowned out. the announcement of the new Pope at the Vatican Tuesday.
Tradition Continues
The election of Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Rongalli continued a 435-year tradition of Italian Popes. There had been speculation that the honor might go to Russian-born Gregory Peter V, Cardinal Agaganian of the Armenians.
Pope John XXIII. elderly Venetian patriarch, is a former soldier. teacher, diplomat and shepherd.
In World War I he served as sergeant and chaplain in the Italian Army.
Established School
He taught church tristory and apologetics at his birth-place, Bergamo, and established the School of Religion at Bergamo Teachers College.
Cardinal Rongalli served in Vatican diplomatic posts for 27 years. During World War II he was Apostollic Nuncio in France. His services carried into most of the European countries.
As Archbishop of Venice, Cardinal Rongalli wrote a letter to his people during the threat of Communism in 1956. warning them against leftist ideas.
He reached the position of Archbishop three days after being given the Red Hat of Card-' inal by the late Pope Pius XII on Jan. 12, 1953.
Honors Father
Cardinal Rongalli took the name John XXIII in honor of j his Father. Giovanni (John), a J farmer and sharecropper. The last recognized Pope John was John XXII, a Frenchman, who reigned from 1316-1334.
A Pope John XXIII in the 15th century is held by the | church to have been a “false” or ; anti-pope, and is not listed in official church records.
Faust Legend Forms
Basis for SC Show
Bovard spotlights will throw color on the mad action of a baseball-centered world as "Damn Yankees” opens tonight at 8 in the SC auditorium.
The modern musical show is based on the old Faust legend. The drama department production, directed by John C. Blankenchip. will be
Joe Colleges Described as Conformists
FINAL CUES — "This is it, gang," says "Damn Yankees" Director John Blankenchip to members of production staff before
Daily Troian Photo by Sain Hyun tonight's opening. Listening in are, from left, Sherry Inlors, Joan Tewkesbury, Hans Beer and Roy Williams.
presented tonight, tomorrow and Thursday. Friday, Saturday next
week.
Hans Brer is musical director of the play, and Joan Tewkesbury is choreographer. Kathy Franichevich is stage manager.
Cast Listed
Principals in the cast are Bucklev Norris, Applegate: Kitty Farren, Lola: Bruce Gard- The average college student of
ner. Young Joe; Ellen Elliot, today has run into a real proh-Gloria: Richard Lang Jr.. Old ! lem—he can't make tip his own Joe; Sharon Bliss, Meg; Jim ; niind.
Brewer. Van Buren; Barbara Furthermore, whenever he is Grover. Sister: Nina Shaw. Dor- forced to submit to change, the is; and Charles Potke who does student is too timid to act in— a specialty mambo. dependently and must seek the
“Damn Yankees” was written shelter group conformity in by George Abbott and Douglass reaching a decision.
Wallop. Music and lyrics are by contingent of Associated
Richard Adler and Jerrv Ross. Woman's Students were told yes-The plav is based on Wallop's terda> in Founders Hall by Doc-novel. “The Year the Yankees tors Lesley Robb and Newton Lost the Pennant.” It was first ^etfessel ’he t student
Engle III, Rosenthal Blasts Knight On Campaign Tactics in Speech
Democratic State Chairman William Rosenthal, substituting | for a laryngitic Clair Engle, charged Republican senatorial i candidate Goodwin J. Knight with a “degrading and outrageous campaign smear.” before 200 SC students, yesterday.
After appologizing for Democratic candidate Engle’s absence (he had lost his voice) Rosenthal said that he had never seen such outrageous smears at those | originating from the Knowland and Knight headquarters.
“His campaign is unAmeri-can,” he charged, “and it cheapens the political life of the state besides defeating the basic prin-| ciples of democracy.”
Rosenthal, self-ad m i 11 e d 1 y J speaking in Engle's words, said that Knight had never prepared a bill, introduced a bill or vot-i ed upon a bill.
‘‘The Governor of California can only boost that he has cut ! more ribbons of more supermarkets than any Governor of
California has in the past,” he ! said.
“It is true,” he said, “that as ; lieutenant governor. Knight was successful but I understand that all a lieutenant governor has to do is inquire about the gover-i nor’s health to be successful.” “And I must warn you that Gov. Knight has never taken a ; stand which he hasn’t changed in 35 minutes,” he emphasized.
Rosenthal charged Knight as a candidate with “a spine full of ' jelly” and said that the governor 1 runs from a fight.
“Knight’s stand on the Formosa incident (particularly the islands of Quemoy and Natsu) is taken from what he reads in i the papers,” he charged.
“Knight reads if Nixon ok's the foreign crisis and if he does, ; Knight is for the foreign crisis. I j But if Nixon is against it, so is Knight.”
He then began to criticize the i Eisenhower administration and I Knight's policy toward this. “I !
feel that the President lias been overly partisan in this campaign,” he said.
“He often reads speeches which he seemingly got from Nixon or picked up out of the gutter,” he said.
He questioned the President's biased opinions and then said that “Nixon must be the true leader of the Republican party, although I still believe Ike is alive.”
He then gave Engle’s qualifications and political stands.
“Engle,” he said, “is a great leader. He knows the Senate and the senators know him and his honesty, integrity and personal background are unquestionable.”
“When Engle makes a mistake he says, “I made a mistake but it won’t happen again.” he said.
And Rosenthal said that a? a matter of record it never does. !
presented at the Forty-Sixth j Street Theater, New York City, May 5, 1955.
Plot Outline The story concerns a die-hard, aging Washington Senators fan. Joe Boyd, who would give his soul for a pennant. Always the opportunist, the devil, Applegate. gives him his chance. Joe Boyd is transformed into vigorous young athlete Joe Hardy, and goes off to the baseball wars, leaving his wife Meg behind to suffer the consoling
attitude—conformity and casualness — is the unfortunate character of today’s student.
‘Age of Anxiety*
Dr. Metfessel. associate professor in education, said that the j 20th century has been dubbed j the “Age of Anxiety” because of the changes that have been taking place in society.
“The college student,” he said, “should think of the conflicts that arise from having to make a change as valuable.”
Doctor Metfessel said that the
friendship of Sister and Doris vocation a woman chooses is
Miller.
Howeve r. real-estate man Hardy instinctively calls for an escape clause. Applegate unthinkingly grants it. and this is
crucial; however, she should not dodge the decision by saying that she will get married. Self-Confident Doctor Robb, department
where his troubles begin. Apple- chairman of religion, profiled the
gate calls in his number one co^cSe student as a selt-confi-
seductress. Lola, to work on Joe dent perSOn feels he Can iind hiS
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■s £Ot. off to a flying start by en te me by the students of tern California.
I am only sorry I did not have an opportunity to thank you in person for the courtesies accorded me.
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Dr. NcrnanH. lopping President
Umversity of Southern California
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STA1ES KfcGRtTS Piesi.lent Eisenhower's letter came to Di Nwriuaii 11>p|jii'iij io cr«.pfid.jicis fen inability to personally tii3nk SC lor the reception given him last week when his helicopter set down in Exposition parking lot. President spoke in Los Angeles on behalf of Republican cand'detes in the upcoming November general elections.
(Editor’s Note—Dr. Rodger Swearingen, professor of international relations, here discusses the role of the university in the search for objectivity in response to the charges from the audience that the School of International Relations’ pictorial report on Russia Tuesday did not give a fair picture of life in Russia.)
By I)r. Rodger Swearingen Professor of International One of the cherished virtues of the free, private university is the opportunity to free expression and the right to challenge the opinions expressed by any speaker.
This we welcome when it is done politely and unemotionally—with the pursuit of truth as the primary consideration. Emotional outburst and charges of brainwashing do not fit well into the academic setting.
Nor ahould we. perhaps, let. go unanswered two serious implications: < 1 > the implied charge
that this university is not pri-marily devoted to a search lor j truth; (2) the most uncalled- j fur accusation that our guest, j graduate student from Sweden had made himself part of a deliberate plot to distort the truth, and had. with the other members of the panel, presented a t
false picture of life behind the | iron curtain.
Such outburst and charges are all the more disturbing coming | as they did at the School of In-| ternational Relations’ pictorial : presentation on the Soviet Union from two individuals who them-; selves were guests on the campus and neither of whom had apoarently ever been in Russia.
How they alone managed to acquire the true and balanced 1 picture of life in the Soviet Union while four panel members of widely differing educational backgrounds — all of them recently in the Soviet Union—remain misled and misinformed is l not quite clear.
What is the difference between education and propaganda? What are the criteria for objectivity? In answer to the last question. I would suggest:
1. An open mind, not uncrit-icallv committed lo a special ideological position nor under the remote-control guidance of some special interest group or political organization.
2. A sound educational back- j ground assuring the appropriate tool of analysis, including disciplinary training (political science. economics, law, medicine, ctc.) and foreign Imguage proficiency.
4- Whenever possible, person-j
al, practical, on-the-spot inves-i tigation of the matter as opposed to the theoretical assumptions or abstractions of the i question.
5. Finally, an unemotional, careful, logical approach to the subject or problem under study.
All of us would do vvell to reflect on these points in our pursuit of truth in this difficult age of charges and countercharges.
Our "Personal Report nn Russia" was not intended to be— and could not have been—a complete picture of the Soviet Union loday. It was, in fact, relatively non-political and, I would guess, if anything showed a more attractive image of life in the USSR than is actually the case.
The total picture of that totalitarian society, to be accurately and objectively portrayed. would demand consideration of such critical elements as:
1. The Soviet ruthless suppression of the Hungarian uprising as reported objectively j and in detail in the U.N. report; |
2. The ever present role of j the Soviet Secret Police;
3. The implications in terms j
of one’s choice of career and | p1ace of work and even residence of the totally planned society; I
4. The over-crowded slum housing conditions and lack of basic concepts of sanitation and hygiene;
5. Khruschev’s recent revelations on terror under the Stalinist regime, which caused the New York Times to comment that the Soviets are now saying what the Times had been reporting all along;
6. The Soviet government's systematic attempt to prevent the Soviet citizen from seeing how the rest of the world lives;
7. The Soviet government’s : refusal to let the average Soviet I citizen, student, etc., have access to any of the Western newspapers and periodicals— | none of which, except for the Dailv Worker, can be purchased in Russia.
8. The one-way flow of refu- , gees for ten years out from behind the Iron Curtain, so many of them with unbelievable stories to tell.
These things we did not say in order not to give undue political coloring to dailv life in \ the Soviet Union. In this sense, ! the "Personal Report on Russia” perhaps did give a distorted view of life in the Sov iet | Union—a view w hich appeared • somewhat brighter and more 1 attractive than life itself tic-hind the Iron Curtain. I
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their tickets at the door will be , a sfudv of thp vaJues fhat
seated ,n unreserved sections. co„e„e students bclieve in 1>)C.
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Dnectoi Blankenchip came to j cultural rubber stamp. Having SC four years ago from a teach- little concern with what is going position at Sarah Lawrence jncr on around them, college stu-College in Bronxville, N.Y. He dents will accept their father .1 was set designer for several political beliefs without ques-Broadway shows, and was tech- tion.
nical and scenery designer at Religion Value
the La Jolla summer theater On religion. Doctor Robb said (Continued on Page 2) that the college student thinks ————^ it is good, but not for living. Yet.
* * m student is afraid to reject
■ religion completely for fear it
! might turn out to be right.
About morality: “The college . student believes in morality, but he wants elbow room. Some students do not have any compunction about cheating. Our academic structure will be in danger unless we have integrity.” Doctor Robb said.
Doctors Metfessel and Robb joined in saying that being an individual is the most important thing for students. This does not mean that they should become “Bohemians,” but only that they should be individual in their thinking and in their ability to face and solve problems.
Notice
The University of Southern California has always recognized the significance of religion in our campus life.
This year Canon Bryan Green from England, a widely recognized lecturer on campuses around the world, has been invited to spend the week of November 3-9 on our campus. He will deliver afternoon lectures .Monday through Thursday on “.Marriage and Modern Life,” and evening lectures on “Basic Christianity” on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
On Tuesday, November 4, at 10:00 a.m.. Canon Green will speak at an assembly in Bovard Auditorium on “Religion in the Modem Mind.” All campus classes will be dismissed for the 10 o'clock period in order that facility and students may attend.
A S. K.-tuhenheimer Educational Vice President
Sousa Appointed Seahorse Editor
Richard G. Sousa, a senior midshipman in SC’s NROTC, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the midshipman yearbook, the Seahorse.
Suusa will also head the SC midshipman newspaper, the Sea Chart which prints two issues during the semester.